Hacking RC car to make a child happy - magic dust escaped from board.

DaveO:
Normally I would, but I am with him on this one - the trigger was a krappy design, and the arial wasn't completely his fault.

Problem was the radio. First the trigger broke ( like only a 7 yr old can do ). Fixed that.
Next the antenna got snapped in half - still worked.
Then trigger broke again in a different place. Fixed that.
Antenna got snapped again - apparently you only need a 5mm antenna anyway ( ask my son )
Then it gave up the ghost completely, and trigger broke again.

We have another cheap RC car that got stood on ( same 7 yr old ) and busted wheels.

Reality check!